TREAS IRS - FinOps Strategic and Operational Model - MRAS

The General Services Administration (GSA), on behalf of the Department of the Treasury, is conducting market research to support the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Chief Technology Officer's (CTO) office. This initiative aims to enhance IRS operations in alignment with the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the IRS IRA Strategic Operating Plan for FY2023-2031. The focus is on modernizing and transforming IRS IT functions, which include engineering, architecture and design activities, infrastructure management, application development, network operations, enterprise information security, and compliance with security standards.

The IRS seeks to implement a Financial Operations (FinOps) practice that supports strategic objective 4.2: Accelerating Technology Delivery. This approach involves adopting an evolutionary method that incorporates lessons learned from existing practices while developing a mature FinOps framework. The goal is to transition from linear processes to more exploratory methods that optimize cloud expenditure and deliver actionable insights into cloud costs while providing cost transparency.

The scope of work requires contractor support for developing a comprehensive FinOps technical and strategic management approach using industry best practices. Given the increasing demands for efficiency, accuracy, and security in a rapidly evolving digital landscape, the IRS CTO requires strategic financial and technical advisory management support. This will lay the groundwork for foundational IT efforts essential for long-term strategy execution across the enterprise.

Key tasks include analyzing and designing a FinOps practice aligned with proven best practices. Contractors are expected to provide technical project management expertise while conducting strategic analysis and design outputs. This involves mapping existing cloud applications at the IRS through interviews and analysis, identifying organizational gaps through exploratory assessment reports, developing a FinOps implementation strategy with timelines, and creating stakeholder engagement plans alongside RACI matrices.